Thursday, January 24, 2013

News January 2013

After I quit Livejournal and started using Tumblr, I saw Tumblr as my new blog, and in a way it is, but in many other ways, it's like long form Twitter. Reblogs abound. I just can't help myself. But it's time to create a more down-to-business blog that focuses on what I'm doing, career wise, nice and streamlined.

So, January news.

The most important, big news is that I completed my webcomic of 7 years, I Was Kidnapped By Lesbian Pirates From Outer Space!!!.

The final page of the series!
I had a loose idea for a 4th volume, but suddenly realized I just wasn't up for it. I always write story arcs so they could end or continue at the conclusion of each arc, so I didn't need to rewrite anything. I might still do a few short stories with the characters in the future, but not until I've had time to charge my sapphic space pirate batteries.

So, I'm down to only working on three webcomics instead of four. What a slacker. Whatever will I do with all my free time? I'm trying to get the next issue of Meaty Yogurt going. It's the longest issue yet, with about a dozen new characters to design, and most of it takes place in a new location. I have a 3D architecture program that I use to build all the "sets" for the comic so I can keep the scenery consistent and with a modicum of proper perspective. It looks terrible but luckily it's just a reference. I finished the model a couple days ago, and have about half the characters designed. I might just do the rest on the fly. It's time to get started on this comic again. I miss these characters terribly. I did update it in early December with a couple pages. Hopefully the next update will be the 30 page story I scripted ages ago.

I also have "Eat Me" and "The Lady Eudora Henley" going strong on Filthy Figments. That's keeping me pretty busy these days.

I did some non-comic-series art this month, too.

A few pieces of concept art for a possible short story I'm working on about mermaids.

I also drew Fionna and Cake from Adventure Time, which is one of my favorite shows.

I've been working in a cheese shop since November because I was going crazy being a full time comic artist. I was doing fine with money, but I was becoming a weird hermit who never slept or ate or spoke to anybody. That's one hazard nobody ever tells you about going full time with comics. Warning: you will be a giant antisocial weirdo. Anyway, I sell cheese now, which is one of my favorite things. I talk to people all day about cheese, and eat cheese. It's great. For decoration in the shop, my boss hung up a bunch of Mucha illustrations, and I realized he never created anything about cheese (that I could find anyway) so I decided to make this:

The text loosely translates to "The Cheese Lady of Grand Rapids."

Did you know that if you google "art nouveau", one of the top results is a mermaid I drew in 9th grade? Because that's a true thing, and a super embarrassing thing.

Last piece of January news is I'm going to be doing some more burlesque! I've been doing burlesque as Florence of a'Labia for the past year. I haven't done much, but I've been doing whatever I can, sometimes just helping with costumes and video work. But I get to perform again soon. I'm making a mermaid costume because ever molecule in my body told me to.

This is just the dress but it's a good start if I say so myself.
I'll be with Super Happy Funtime Burlesque, some of my favorite people.

Wow, I guess I had a more eventful month than I thought. If this is what I consider a slow month, just wait until the spring when things get more fast paced again!

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